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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1880
Page
4
An appeal announces many prescription recipients are indebted for years and urges payment of money and labor owed. The notice calls on all concerned to act, citing a messenger and stock as part of the unsettled claims.
Union services announced at Presbyterian church next Sabbath evening led by Rev. M. V. B. Evans. Athens hosts a Teachers Institute with many visiting girls. Athenian Light Guards and 2nd Regiment Band depart for Barnesville camp on Monday the 23d. Mrs. Gabriel Cummins dies in Nelsonville of consumption. Rain brings welcome relief. County Republicans praise the recent ticket. Mine workers in W. B. Brooks & Co. strike after drivers walk out. later miners return to work. Bishop Watterson consecration drew 45 coaches from Hocking Valley for Columbus excursion. Buchtel mines strike on Monday. Nelsonville reports quiet. Hocking Valley Road to sell excursion tickets to Democratic Convention in Nelsonville. Staley Bros plan Athens shoe store branch. Almus Lindley’s eightieth birthday celebrated at Albany. Rev. J. N. Lee to move to Tennessee. Athens county soldiers attend the ReUnion in Columbus. Citizens of Nelsonville pledge rewards for incendiary proof. M. & C. freight traffic remains heavy. Juvenile Athenians camp at Dover township for a week. Athens County Agricultural Fair set for October 6–8. Post office Hixon near Amesville to open next Monday.
The Teachers Institute opened in the Union school building with over a hundred names by Tuesday evening. Prof Dowd and G P Coler lead lectures acclaimed as entertaining and instructive. A wave of arson threatens farmers as fires destroy wheat and oats in nearby townships. Zenner's Grove hosts a large Free Methodists meeting and a big Camp Meeting is planned for the 24th. Asylum stables impress with neat upkeep under Charley Rose. Bishop Watterson consecration draws hundreds from Athens and surrounding towns, rivaled by the Soldiers' Reunion. Local notices report several visits and moves across Athens, Logan, Portsmouth, and Columbus.
Finishing touches are expeditiously added to the interior of the new Court House and the keys will be handed to the Commissioners early next month. The court chamber showcases admired carpentry by Geo. Towsley who also crafted the building as a whole.
Mr Danl Harbaugh aged 42 died at Dr Primrose residence in Nelsonville on Sunday of last week after a two year illness of consumption. His funeral at Straitsville was attended by the I O O F lodges of Straitsville and by the Hock Hocking and Unity Lodges of Nelsonville.
The home of D. B. Stewart Esq was burglarized Saturday night entering through the kitchen window. Tramps confined depredations to the pantry injuring preserves and jellies while stealing a new pair of boots belonging to Mr Stewart.
A new post office named Hixon is established in Dover township with G. M. McDougal as Postmaster. The facility will serve a wide rural area previously inconvenienced by the remoteness of the nearest office.
The article notes ongoing favorable corn weather and raises a key issue for farmers this fall: how to store the thickly clustering crop that will be ready for harvest.
Capt. W. H. H. Minton accepts his primary loss with good humor and plans to support his rival and the rest of the ticket in the campaign.
The Washington Association of Universalists holds its next annual meeting at the First Universalist Church in Bern township this county on August 20 21 and 22. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
The newly chosen Republican Central Committee of the county will meet next Saturday August 14 at 10 o clock A M in the Auditor's office to select an Executive Committee and conduct other business. Full attendance requested of members and county ticket candidates.
The Athenian Light Guards present an exhibition drill and dress parade in front of the Court House at 7 o clock Thursday evening. A hall in the City Hall follows under the auspices of the 2nd Regiment Band with admission ten cents. All are welcome for terpsicorean diversion and support.
Supplemental to general grand results of agricultural productivity, authorities predict the coming pork market will open with bigger figures than in recent years, a rise expected to boost each farmer's footing from this year's operations.
Daily accessions rise at the Athens Hospital for the Insane while the summer health of inmates remains unusually good. Deaths are few and mainly due to chronic illnesses.
Among farmers, content with filled barns and rich harvests, Democratic arguments for a change fall on dull ears as the farming community resists political shifts during season's busy progress.
The McCullough Club will host a complimentary benefit at City Hall on Friday evening August 18. The program features the comedy Checkmate and the farce Slasher and Crasher with the cast announced next week.
At the Garfield and Arthur Club meeting in Nelsonville on Monday evening a resolution endorsing the Republican county ticket was unanimously adopted. The York Republicans set a good example for the neighboring townships.
Mr Will Morse, a noted engineer on the M and C road, has arranged a clockwork contrivance on his locomotive to precisely measure how many miles the engine travels in a given time.
The document lists township by township tallies for Representative, Auditor, Surveyor, Commissioner and Infirmary Director races across Athens Ames Alexander Bern Canaan Carthage Dover Lee Lima Rome Trimble Troy Waterloo York with totals and majorities. It notes central committee members elected and a note urging committee meetings and campaign planning. It also reports completion and acceptance of the new Court House plumbing gas fitting and heating by John Robb and William Coler with extensive detail.
A round trip excursion from Athens and remaining stations on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad to Chicago is planned for next Sunday August 15. The event marks the Triennial National Conclave in Chicago opening August 17 with a grand parade of about twenty thousand Knights in uniform. Chicago will be decorated and up to 100000 visitors are expected. fare is 8 dollars for the round trip with tickets at Athens or other principal offices along the line.
A remittance for an advertisement from the Mount Auburn Female Institute of Cincinnati includes praise for the Messenger. The treasurer commends the paper’s neat display and overall quality, noting considerable experience and calling the issue praiseworthy.
The Columbus and Hocking Valley R R Co offers round trip tickets to a Lancaster area camp ground for 1.50. Tickets valid for all passenger trains Saturday August 14 or any passenger train the following Monday. Elmer Armstrong of Alexander Township, a noted stock raiser, traveled through Athens with about 400 sheep en route east.
The man vowed to abstain from all liquids at the Columbus Reunion, and his wife quipped that such a feat would surpass Dr. Tanner's achievement.
Rev H L Brinkley of Webster Scioto county preached to his old parish on Sunday August 8. The wife of Wm Bean died August 5 of consumption. funeral attended August 6. Rev J N Pilcher spoke on her death. Merritt Hayes' house was broken into recently, seventy six dollars stolen. Township primary election passed quietly with a small vote.
The Athens Normal School ended Friday evening July 6th with essays declamations and select readings performed creditably. Attendance and interest rose beyond prior terms showing ongoing benefit to students and neighboring counties. The article urges teachers and boards to pursue further self improvement through such opportunities.
The Greenback electors of Athens county announce a mass convention at City Hall Athens on Tuesday August 17 1880 at 103 a m to nominate a county ticket select committees and delegates and conduct other party business. All willing to help lift the burden from the oppressed are invited. By order of EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad to sell round trip excursion tickets from Athens to Chicago on Monday and Tuesday August 16 and 17, valid to August 23, return, for eight dollars. Readers seeking a short West visit are urged to take advantage of this offer.
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